popularise vs popularize

popularise and popularize both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
popularise	No	No	Yes	No
popularize	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, popularise and popularize are synonyms defined as:

As verbs, popularise and popularize are synonyms defined as:

popularise and popularize: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

Other synonyms of popularise include generalise, generalize, vulgarise, vulgarize.

popularise (verb)	popularize (verb)
make understandable to the general public	make understandable to the general public
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use	cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use